Steph and Candice spend time sharing some reading and life goals for the new year, and chat about how they choose what books to read.
Books
The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz
Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
The Acts of King Arthur and his Noble Knights by John Steinbeck
Beauty Tips from Moose Jaw by Will Ferguson
The Future is Female Vol 2 edited by Lisa Yaszek
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution by Cat Bohannon
A Girl Called Echo series by Katherena Vermette
Let It Glow by Marissa Meyer & Joanne Levy
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
The Christmas Appeal by Janice Hallett
Strange Houses by Uketsu
Movies
Frankenstein by Guillermo del Toro
Nuremberg by James Vanderbilt
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery by Rian Johnson
The Lodger by Alfred Hitchcock
Links
2026 Genre Challenge on Storyboard
2026 Onboarding Challenge on Storyboard
Timestamps
00:00 Intro and goals for 2026
07:27 Steph’s reading update
10:40 What are our reading key words / wheelhouse
21:16 Candice’s reading update
32:30 A few more of Steph’s current reads
41:10 Candice end of year reads
45:00 Candice’s Hitchcock re-watch update and other movies
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